Example Sentences

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Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2020

From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2018

Then having put the toad down in the cart road leading out into the fields, she dashed him with brine, and as he hopped away pursued him with further douches.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)